PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania couple is fighting to maintain a church they run from a Huntingdon Township home, which officials say is really a raunchy swingers club where single men have to pay for access but women come for free.

John and Kim Ondrik say they worship nature at the Church for Spiritual Humanism. But midnight mass at the Spiritual Palace is on hold as the Rev. John and his wife fight for a variance to continue practicing their religion in a residential area just outside of Pittsburgh.

Opponents of his church, including neighbors and North Huntingdon Township officials, say what's really behind those closed doors is a club called the "Swinger's Palace."

Township commissioner Richard Gray said it's been an open secret that a swingers club has operated out of the two-story house since the 1970s, but they finally have the evidence to shut it down.

Gray said the dispute is not about church or sex ? it's about having a business operating in a residentially zoned area.

"The mere fact that they were charging a mandatory fee to get in, in my opinion, would constitute a business," he said.

An attorney representing John Ondrik told FOX News that members in the private church give a donation and aren't charged to get inside the midnight masses, which typically take place on Friday and Saturday nights.

"You have a right to run a church in a residential area not because of your free exercise rights under the Constitution, but simply because churches are not primarily commercial," said Bruce Ledewitz, a law professor at Duquesne University.

Ledewitz said the Ondriks might have a case if they can convince authorities they're sincere about their religion and that they truly believe in their church.

But keeping the Palace open might be a tough sell. Its Web site, which was recently taken offline, showed that couples were charged an admission of $50 while single men had to pay $75. Single women could attend free of charge.

Self-described swinger "Dave" said he and his partner paid money to get into the club. "You didn't get in without paying money. If you didn't pay your money you were going back out the door."

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People who engage in adventurous sex are now being labeled with a "mental health illness," according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM. Yup, that's right, the official handbook of psychiatry has now added kinky sex to its list of mental disorders.

In other words, if you indulge in role-playing, enjoy the feel of hot candle wax, or use handcuffs (even the furry kind!) you're considered someone who has a "mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices." The shame!

This isn't the first time the DSM has stirred controversy: Until 1974, homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder. And now engaging in "wild" sex which, for some people, that just means "normal," is a sign one has lost their marbles.

?A group called the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom has launched a petition to get "BDSM" (bondage, role-playing, punishment, discipline, and fetishes, just to name a few) out of the DSM. In fact, they published a paper on the topic here, and invite people to support their endeavor. They are also asking that APA to base its conclusions on science, not on the mainstream idea of what's considered "normal."

Why is this so important? If you meet the criteria for a DSM-approved disorder, it could affect you at the workplace -- and even in child custody agreements.

The cases will be heard Oct. 27. The original date was set for Monday.

At issue in the municipal court case is about a dozen citations issued to owners Julie M. Norris, 30, and Jim Trulock, 59, for running the swingers club out of their home. The city has targeted the home, which sits on a wooded residential lot on North Cedar Ridge Drive near Interstate 20, for operating a sexually oriented business without a license and in a residential neighborhood. City leaders and investigators maintain that the home is a business because patrons are asked for a donation to attend weekend and holiday parties.

Further complicating the case are the recent arrests of Mr. Trulock and Ms. Norris on suspicion of serving alcohol at an unregistered club. The Class A misdemeanor carries up to a one-year jail sentence or a fine up to $4,000.

Duncanville police arrested the co-owner of a swingers club known as the Cherry Pit on Wednesday.

The arrest of Julie M. Norris, 30, comes a day before a scheduled pretrial hearing in the case against the notorious Duncanville sex club. Mrs. Norris was charged with violating the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code for operating an unregistered club, a Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, she can serve up to one year in jail or a fine of up to $4,000.

The co-owner of the Cherry Pit, 59-year-old Jim Trulock, was arrested on the same charge earlier this month.

Duncanville city officials have said that the couple is illegally operating an unlicensed club in a residential neighborhood near Interstate 20 and North Cedar Ridge Drive. The City Council issued a ban in November on sexually oriented businesses, but police documents show parties continue at the home. City leaders say that patrons to the home are asked to donate money to get into the home where alcohol is served.

During a pair of July raids at the home, authorities confiscated large amounts of alcohol and "fun money" used to purchase sex acts.

A Manhattan S&M club that billed itself as the "Leading House of Domination in NYC" was put out of business Wednesday after the NYPD busted its manager and seized its business records.

The ladies at the Walker St. club, Rapture, all had "extensive and rigorous" training in the art of bondage, and customers of the Tribeca dungeon were whipped and poked by professionals, its advertising claimed.

"Each Domina is uniquely qualified to deliver the fantasy," the club's Web site boasted.

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